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Camtasia for Mac, Version History

Current Version: 2.3.1

Earlier Versions: 2.3.0 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.0.0 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.0

Version 2

04/23/2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.3.1 

  • Fixed a crash when closing windows in OS X 10.6
  • Fixed a bug with Intel HD 4000 cards on OS X 10.8.3

12/11/2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.3.0 

  • Added sketch motion animated callouts
  • Added ability to capture hotkeys during recording and display them in your project
  • Added ability to copy/paste annotations and media between projects
  • Added ability to apply transitions to both the beginning and end of media
  • Added a new default rounded rectangle callout with a semitransparent fill
  • Added new default lower thirds callouts
  • Added a tooltip that shows the start time and duration of media when trimming
  • Added indication of where hotspots are added on the timeline
  • Added an option to choose 25 FPS recording frame rate
  • Added an option to show captions underneath a video shared to Screencast.com or a webpage
  • Added ability to ripple extend frames and add space on the timeline
  • Added ability to insert new tracks on the timeline
  • Added a button that zooms to show everything on the timeline
  • Additional bug fixing and enhancements

10/23/2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.2.2

  • Improved quality of table of contents thumbnail images
  • Tutorial viewer offline message is now translated for German locale
  • Mask effects now rotate correctly with properties panel controls
  • Improved memory usage for media on the timeline
  • Reduced delay between finishing a recording and entering a new project
  • Additional bug fixing

09/18/2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.2.1

  • Added German product localization
  • Improved system audio capture with new TechSmith Audio Capture Component
  • Improved support for Retina display devices
  • Added support for OS X 10.8
  • Improved support for systems with USB external monitors
  • Improved performance and memory usage in the editor
  • Additional bug fixing

06/19/2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.2.0 

  • Enhanced viewing experience for videos shared to Screencast or embedded in a web page
  • Added support for video hotspots
  • Added a new spotlight video effect
  • Added a new mask video effect
  • Added inverted blur annotation
  • Added inverted highlight annotation
  • Added table of contents points for sharing to YouTube
  • Added a button to close the marker track
  • Clips that do not have effects on them after a split will no longer show the effects drawer
  • Reduced minimum duration for timeline preferences to 0.1 seconds
  • Added a timeline duration display 
  • Added tooltips for filenames of clips on the timeline and media bin
  • Added a context menu for deleting all markers

04/24/2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.1.0 

  • Added clip speed to allow compressing or expanding the duration of a clip
  • Added a video effect to remove a color
  • YouTube sharing options now include tags, description, and privacy
  • Increased the number of fonts available for text elements
  • Added support for .mov files with more than audio channels
  • Added keyboard shortcut to show/hide the marker track
  • Added keyboard shortcuts to select next and previous media
  • Add preference to turn off recording status icon
  • Added ability to scroll on the timeline via the keyboard
  • Added the option to scale media from the center instead of the corner
  • Added an arrow shape with a border
  • Added aspect ratio lock in adjust canvas dialog
  • Added scale readout while resizing objects on the canvas
  • Increased the scale precision in properties panel
  • Improved rendering of resized frame effects 

12/06/2011: Camtasia for Mac 2.0.0 

  • Added annotations – callouts, lines, arrows, highlights, and blur
  • Added ability to save custom annotation styles
  • Improved organization of effects and media
  • Added scale to fit, tilt left, and tilt right animations
  • Added new default shapes
  • Added a preference for default color presets
  • Added cursor and click effects
  • Added the ability to edit the duration of effects on media
  • Added the ability to extend frames
  • Added device frame video effects
  • Added the ability to modify the canvas color
  • Added additional support for dragging media from other applications
  • Redesigned iTunes export dialog
  • Updated property panel design
  • Improved exporting engine performance
  • Improved editor rendering performance
  • Improved editor responsiveness
  • Improved timeline zooming and scrolling performance


Version 1

07/05/2011: Camtasia for Mac 1.2.2 

Enhancements

  • Overall improved recording performance
  • Improved default advanced export MP4 quality
  • Updated registration to apply to all users on a single machine

Improved support for OS X Lion

  • Added recording support on Lion
  • Camera recordings no longer appear blank on the canvas for cameras at 853x480
  • Thumbnails added for recordings in the bin and on the timeline
  • Recordings are no longer rendered as all white in preview window
  • Waveform now renders on timeline after audio separated from video

Additional bug fixes

  • Fixed video capture for FaceTime HD cameras
  • Fixed crash when doing a region recording
  • Description field correctly shows when uploading to Camtasia Relay
  • Corrected video dimensions after upload to Camtasia Relay
  • Sending correct title after upload to Camtasia Relay

10/12/2010: Camtasia for Mac 1.2.0

Recording

  • Recordings with screen video and microphone audio have improved consistency in audio duration

Editing

  • Add markers to the timeline
  • Generate a table of contents from markers on the timeline
  • Automatically generate a table of contents from Keynote and PowerPoint slide titles
  • Import caption data from SAMI files
  • Manually caption videos within a project
  • Import content from Camtasia Relay* for editing

Production

  • Share videos with table of contents to Screencast.com, Camtasia Relay*, and locally
  • Share videos with closed captioning to Screencast.com, Camtasia Relay*, YouTube, and locally
  • Share videos with open captioning in common video formats
  • Search for slide content from Keynote and PowerPoint after sharing to Screencast.com and Camtasia Relay*
  • Export captions into a SAMI file

*Requires Camtasia Relay 3.0

06/01/2010: Camtasia for Mac 1.1.1

  • 1.0 projects with unicode text in folder name, project name, or source media should now update correctly to the current version
  • Projects with source media or project names using certain character sets should now save and export correctly
  • Fixed a conditional crash when starting recording
  • Exporting a project with two consecutive clips with noise reduction should now complete successfully
  • Fixed a memory leak in the export process
  • Thumbnails for video recording options should now show correctly in the Recorder UI

04/30/2010: Camtasia for Mac 1.1.0

Recording

  • Choose the screen to record
  • Easily select a window or screen region to record
  • Pause, Resume, Restart recording
  • Record audio independent of video
  • Smoother screen recordings with improved audio synchronization
  • Recover partial recordings if problems arise
  • Optionally disable the recorder countdown

Editing

  • Rename items in Media Bin
  • Work with files offline without losing data
  • Apply filters to multiple items simultaneously
  • Copy and paste filters between media
  • Noise Reduction audio filter
  • Clicking Reduction audio filter
  • Clipping Reduction audio filter
  • Dynamics Processor audio filter
  • Pitch audio filter

Production

  • Faster video production

10/13/2009: Maintenance Release 1.0.1

  • Fixed an issue causing an error on some systems with multiple GPUs
  • Crashing/failing exports should no longer happen when using "Advanced Export..."
  • Text alignment should now work correctly
  • Corrected a reference to swfobject in the optional HTML provided on export
  • Resolved Soundflower/System Audio issues when upgrading to OS 10.6
  • Error messaging in the YouTube login page should no longer appear
  • Fixed various bugs related to moving and removing Actions
  • Fixed various bugs related to selecting clips
  • Fixed various bugs related to cutting regions and splitting clips that have an action that modifies an effect
  • Improved the appearance of thumbnails on the timeline
  • A warning message should no longer display for the DMG on OS 10.6
  • Removed 'share' button from Flash wrapper
  • Removed branding from Flash wrapper
  • Swapping camera/screen clips now results in correct output on the preview window
  • Fixed a gamma issue causing H.264 video to appear washed out on OS 10.6
  • Fixed an issue causing jittery playback after editing
  • Updated UI for “Export...” dialog to clarify that output has option of Flash playback
  • Removed watermarking from Ensharpen encoded videos

08/25/2009: Camtasia for Mac 1.0.0

Recording

  • Full-screen
  • Camera
  • Microphone audio
  • System audio

Editing

  • Multiple overlaid video tracks
  • Editing clips and objects independently
  • Open and edit multiple projects at once
  • Shapes and text annotations
  • SmartFocus editing (automated zoom and pan)
  • Guides and snaps for timeline and canvas
  • Actions and custom actions
  • Text and shapes
  • Transitions
  • Filters
  • Hands-on preview window (canvas)

Production

  • H.264 for flash delivery
  • QuickTime files
  • Enhanced Screencast.com integration
  • YouTube integration

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